Home burglarized while I was camping
I was burglarized while off camping for a week. While enjoying the beautiful beaches of the Florida panhandle I was hit. The Tv's and stuff like that are easy enough to replace but the heirloom jewelr...
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Criminals are lazy. It was easier to break in and steal your stuff than to stay off drugs, keep a paying job, and live their life without causing harm to others.
The best thing to know about any type of anti-theft security is that you need to make your place clearly a little harder to get into than the neighbor. They are lazy and will target the easiest thing.
Cameras are good, but meth tends to impair judgment. They may not think about getting caught by the camera since it's only a picture. They may also look for a way to take the camera thinking the picture is in the camera. That means they may do more damage in the process. Disguised/hidden cameras are good. I used to have a great video of a guy on meth in the back of a police car. He literally bit the camera off of the front of the prisoner cage. He thought if he ate it, the pictures would be unrecoverable. Of course, those photos would have been worthless anyway since he was already under arrest. Meth and things like "bath salts" really mess up the thought process.
Lights, locks that are actually used, a closed and locked garage door, closed and locked gates between yards, and keeping things out of visible sight will go a long way to making your home look (and be) harder than the next one.
An alarm system isn't a bad thing. It doesn't need to be "professionally" monitored. You want to make it loud enough to wake the dead. Have a siren in your attic facing out a vent, in an overhang somewhere high and out of reach, facing population. Have one or more inside. That will accomplish several things. If the criminal can't hear whats going on outside, they won't want to get trapped inside while they can't hear approaching sirens. Those sirens generally won't come at the call of an alarm company any more. However, they often respond faster to a noise nuisance call from a neighbor.
Just a few thoughts.
The best thing to know about any type of anti-theft security is that you need to make your place clearly a little harder to get into than the neighbor. They are lazy and will target the easiest thing.
Cameras are good, but meth tends to impair judgment. They may not think about getting caught by the camera since it's only a picture. They may also look for a way to take the camera thinking the picture is in the camera. That means they may do more damage in the process. Disguised/hidden cameras are good. I used to have a great video of a guy on meth in the back of a police car. He literally bit the camera off of the front of the prisoner cage. He thought if he ate it, the pictures would be unrecoverable. Of course, those photos would have been worthless anyway since he was already under arrest. Meth and things like "bath salts" really mess up the thought process.
Lights, locks that are actually used, a closed and locked garage door, closed and locked gates between yards, and keeping things out of visible sight will go a long way to making your home look (and be) harder than the next one.
An alarm system isn't a bad thing. It doesn't need to be "professionally" monitored. You want to make it loud enough to wake the dead. Have a siren in your attic facing out a vent, in an overhang somewhere high and out of reach, facing population. Have one or more inside. That will accomplish several things. If the criminal can't hear whats going on outside, they won't want to get trapped inside while they can't hear approaching sirens. Those sirens generally won't come at the call of an alarm company any more. However, they often respond faster to a noise nuisance call from a neighbor.
Just a few thoughts.
